New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 09 27

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Playfully tap on the nose BOOP
Step after lather RINSE
Throw a ball for a strike, say BOWL
FAKE PHONY
Like helium and carbon dioxide COLORLESS
Sealed with a knot TIEDOFF
Was known as WENTBY
Instrument that Hermes made from a tortoise shell and reeds, in myth LYRE
“I haven’t the foggiest” NOCLUE
Secrecy-enforcing contract, for short NDA
Get into it SPAR
Indication of correctness in Wordle GREEN
PLAINS PEOPLE OTOE
HOOTER OWL
RECHARGE, SO TO SPEAK SLEEP
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON MALE
BESEECHED ASKED
MEANINGLESS NONSENSICAL
“Steamed ___,” classic “Simpsons” sketch HAMS
Eponym of a popular vodka brand TITO
“Cancel” on a keyboard ESC
Classic “Simpsons” sound DOH
Second social media account for posting private jokes and such, informally FINSTA
A well-known Stone EMMA
Following 17-, 37-, 40- and 43-Across, end of a properly formed yet 11-Down sentence by 25-Down demonstrating the distinction between syntax and semantics FURIOUSLY
Parental authority SAYSO
Parents, to kids OLDS
Airer of many David Attenborough documentaries BBC
Number two of six for Henry VIII BOLEYN
IMITATED APED
CHEW ON MULL
SPANISH SMOOCH BESO
KID RIB
DID IN ICED
QUICK CUT SNIP
LET IT ALL OUT, IN A WAY SOB
SUNBURN SOOTHER ALOE
Chimney vents FLUES
Past one’s prime, with “up” WASHED
What “:” might represent in a text EYES
So-named “father of modern linguistics” NOAMCHOMSKY
Nash who called the rhinoceros “prepoceros” OGDEN
“You’ve got my attention” DOTELL
“OK, so that’s not exactly true” ILIED
This is how rumors get started IHEAR
D&D or WoW, e.g. RPG
They’re up to no good PLOTTERS
“___ From the Crypt,” HBO horror anthology TALES
On vacation, in work calendar shorthand OOO
Butte, but bigger MESA
You might entertain them IDEAS
“___ Drives Me Crazy” (1989 #1 hit) SHE
SYMBOLS OF EGYPTIAN ROYALTY ASPS
OBJECT OF WISHFUL THINKING? GENIE
EDIBLE SEAWEED KELP
HINDU MR. BABU
ONE GUILTY OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT? SLOB
PLAINS PEOPLE CREES
Golf ball features DIMPLES
Westernmost city in Texas ELPASO
RUCKUS ADO
TALK, TALK, TALK YAP
DWELLINGS ABODES
VAULTED LEAPT
TEENY-WEENY LIL
NUDGE PROD
ACHE YEN
BIG BOSS, INFORMALLY CEO
SMOOTHIE SEED CHIA
Alternating current pioneer TESLA
Doomscrolling, e.g. TIMESUCK
West Coast hub for United SFO
Unrehearsed lines ADLIBS
Midflight stats ETAS
On the off chance that happens IFSO
Big batteries DCELLS
Bay Area sch. UCSF
Intl. price-setting group OPEC